Decorative ⁖Karmathian Kufic script rich in foliate &#x27;horror vacui&#x27; cyclical infill resembling earlier Roman Byzantine mosaic decoration, Cairo Mosque facade http://islamic-arts.org/2011/styles-of-calligraphy/ aka ⁖Qarmatians Arabic قرمطي, &quot;those who wrote in small letters&quot; (historical) a religious syncretism of Ismaili Shi&#x27;i branch of Islam with Persian mysticism, founded by Hamdan al-Qarmat, centered in eastern Arabia, where they attempted to establish a utopian republic in 899 CE.